Jamaican Red Peas Soup

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Jamaican Red Peas Soup with Beef recipe - Caribbean Food

Jamaican Red Peas Soup

Rich and decadent, Jamaican Red Peas Soup (actually made with Red Kidney Beans) is thick, creamy and full of meat, dumplings and ground provisions, making it perfect for a summer starter or a warming winter meal. The traditional recipe calls for stewing beef along with salted pig tails or ham hocks.

FOR THE SOUP

  • 1 1/2 cups canned red peas (kidney beans)
  • 8-10 cups water, approx.
  • 1 lb stewing beef
  • 1 1/2 lb Pig’s tail or ham hock (optional)
  • 1 large piece yellow yam
  • 1 large sweet potato (boniato)
  • 1 medium onion, chopped or 3 Stalks green onion, chopped
  • 1 tsp dried thyme or 3 stalks fresh thyme
  • 1 tsp pimento seeds (optional)
  • 1 tsp hot pepper sauce
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • Salt and pepper to taste

FOR THE DUMPLINGS

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • Mix together to make stiff dough

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. If using, place pig tails, cover in bowl with water and soak overnight in fridge to remove excess salt. To remove more excess salt, put soaked pig tails in a pot, cover with fresh water and bring to a boil. Repeat this step two more times.
  2. Place stewing beef in pot and add enough water to cover the two ingredients. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to simmer for about 1 hour, or until beef is cooked.
  3. At the same time, in a separate pot cover pig tails with water, bring to a boil and then reduce heat to simmer until tender, about 1 hour. As water evaporates when cooking, add boiling water to cover ingredients.
  4. When all the ingredients are tender add pig tails (with liquid) to pot with peas and beef and continue simmering.
  5. Peel and cut yam (hold yellow yam in a hand towel when peeling to avoid itchy skin) and sweet potato into large serving pieces; add to boiling soup. Add boiling water to pot to cover yams and potatoes.
  6. Mix dumpling ingredients and roll then flatten into small discs, and add to boiling pot of soup.
  7. Add onion, thyme, pimento, hot pepper sauce and black pepper to soup pot and simmer until yams and potatoes are tender and soup has thickened.
  8. Taste soup for flavour and add salt or pepper, if needed.

NOTES

  • This soup should be moderately thick, but if it is too thick add some boiling water.

Adapted from cooklikeajamaican.com

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